I was shocked to discover that the boy in the above Friday Follow picture is none other than Ritchie Jeevers. He was 7 yrs. old when he posed for the picture painted by Sunday Post staff artist, Bobby Ozrah. The newspaper was running a piece on American Birthdays and Bobby chose his neighbors (the Jeevers) as his subject.
"He was a quiet enough kid, didn’t put up a fuss when posing,” Bobby had noted in a later interview. Little did he know he was painting one of America’s most vicious killers – Rich the Ditch! Before being arrested in 1968, Mr. Jeevers had murdered over 46 squirrels, 28 dogs, and 14 humans – including all 4 girls in the painting.
Ritchie eventually received the death penalty in 1972. He was hung in the state of Texas on March 18th of that same year. “The day was dark and cloudy, but not one drop of rain came. It’s almost as if God himself was getting ready to personally escort ol’ Rich the Ditch to hell’s gate. Weird thing was not one peep came from that man,” recalled a guard.
Here is an account of how Ritchie murdered each of the women pictured above.
VICTIM #2 SARAH DENNIS (pink dress / top left): Ritchie and Sarah had actually worked together at Roger’s Cannery for 2 years. Rumor has it the two might have been romantically linked. Which would explain why Sarah’s remains were found in the Cannery’s file office. The rest were discovered 3 months later in a ditch over by Cedar Grove. Ritchie had skipped town before he could be linked to the scene.
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VICTIMS #3 & #4 EVELYN & LIZZIE PARKER (girls on the right): The two sisters actually became cocktail waitresses in Reno, Nevada. In one of Ritchie’s last interviews he admitted that his meeting up with them was completely a chance encounter. At this point he was running from the feds. He had stopped into the Pokerino palace/arcade for a drink. It was then Ritchie saw them. Witnesses say Mr. Jeevers cavorted with the sisters all night. Then at 3am their lifeless bodies were discovered in front of the Pokerino. Oddly enough 32 chips were found in each of the sisters’ anal cavities. Ritchie never gave an explanation.
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